Soomaa National Park is a wilderness area in southwestern Estonia known for its vast wetlands rivers and forests. It is famous for the Fifth Season which is a natural flood period when water rises and fills the meadows roads and forests creating a unique landscape best explored by canoe. The park offers quiet hiking routes wooden boardwalks through bogs and a chance to see wildlife such as beavers elk and many bird species. Traditional culture is still present in the area with old farmsteads and hand built dugout canoes that reflect the long relationship between people and the surrounding wetlands.
Part of: Estonia